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#1 What are the steps in encouraging parent
involvement in high school students' career exploration...
#2 Is this really the model we want for America
...
#3 Are there any schools that have taken
on serving "all students" in their school-to-career system from
the start...
#4 Does anyone have any ("high quality")
marketing brochures....
#5 Is there a place on the net to see what
other local STW partnerships are doing ...
#6 I am looking for any programs career exploration
or career awareness for elementary aged students....
#7 Can you inform me of any website that
can lead me to designing a program, model, or curriculum on STW for deaf
high school students?
#8 Is there is a working program with juveniles
on probation, working with court counselors who have school-to-work...
#9 How can a Department such as Office of
Public Instruction promote School-to-work?
#10 Are there some creative ways to support vocational
student organizations...
#11 How does an agency provide assistance to school
districts in modeling ways to work together...
#12 Guidance in the transition portion of the IEP...
#13 What insurance policy options are school districts
using to cover students doing work-based learning...
#14 I am a very active parent of a 15-year old
son with a significant intellectual disability...
#15 How to coordinate school-to-work goals and
goals on the IEP.... also suggestions on getting local businesses willing
to make a commitment to special needs students...
#16 I am a school board member in a small New England
town. We are supporting the School-to-Work initiative...proposed the students
that choose to or are "qualified" to, work the last five weeks
of their senior year instead of attending classes... I wonder if this course
is too intense...
#17 Is there an example of an action plan or strategy
outline look like for service-based learning?
#18 ...school-to-work issues for high school students
who have disabilities and are getting ready to graduate... success stories??
#19 I am looking for effective practices/ strategies
for involving at risk/drop out students with special needs.
#20 What is the difference between School-to-Careers
or School-to-Work and Academies? Do the differences include curriculum and
if yes, how?
#21 ...a list of standardized occupational
interest and aptitudes tests for students of low reading ability or who
are non-readers...?
#22 I was looking for information on how STW ideas
can be implemented in small rural schools with limited business bases...
#23 ... How do the school districts propose to
plan, develop and initiate all inclusive student School-to-Work programs
without qualified (career) personnel to work with their student populations?
...
#24 Does your district need to have block scheduling
as a necessary part of School-to-Work implementation?
#25 I am looking for actual Certificates of Initial
Master or Advanced Mastery (CIM/CAM) that are being used across the country....
#27 Does a STW facilitator need to have a vocational
license in order to establish academic, business, community partnerships?
#28 ...specific strategies for implementing STW
with Special Education students. This is the biggest challenge I face in
my project...
#29 How has the number of students falling in the
gap between high school transition to the "real world" decreased
with school-to-work..... would a vocational rehabiliation counselor on the
school site....increase possiblities of success?
#30 Do any of your readers have experience
in, work for, or have knowledge of, any enterprises that have initiated
a concept termed "a future workforce" (one that will see personnel
becoming "multi-knowledgeable," "multi-skilled," and,
ultimately, "multi-functional")?
#31 I would like suggestions on model programs for
older students that are 1) community based, 2) use cash match dollars, vouchers,
combined funding or other significant collaborative efforts with other agencies,
and 3) have a self-determination curriculum or plan infused into the program.
#32 Is there a federal grant now available for
starting a new School-to-Work program?
#33 Could you help me connect specifically with
projects that have been successful in the Alternative Education area?
#34 (1)- What are some examples of school-based
jobs that students with disabilities (particularly MiMD) could do in a school
that does not have a "factory set-up"? (2)- What kinds of community
experiences do you regularly have your 9th/10th graders going out on? Are
these visits tied to the curriculum?
#35 I am looking for resources, strategies, and examples
for including gifted learners in school-to-work opportunities.
#36 I am looking for information on gender and
school to work programs.
#37 Can you share information or ideas for developing
portfolios that can be used to document and build a student's school to
work experience and opportunities as well as their plan for the future?
#38 What kinds of materials, resources, etc. would
you suggest for science in grades K-3?
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